Why didn't American POWs in Germany seek support from Russian infantry, in WWII?
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Why didn't Robert Anderson Hoover, and Jerome "Jerry" Ennis, surrender to the Russians that they ran into?
Why would they? They were allies. You don't surrender to your allies. The text you quoted explicitely says the Russians did not care about them. They tolerated them, like allies do.
What they did was hide the fact that they had been POWs of the Germans. Because the Russians held anyone in contempt that had surrendered to the enemy and not fought to their death. See Order #270. By more fanatical soldiers and comissars, those were seen as traitors.
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